stumble

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

stumbles

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

stumble

past (v2)

stumbled

past participle (v3)

stumbled

present participle

stumbling

3rd person singular

stumbles

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

   • I went to his aid. As he said, a board in the floor was loose. His stepping on it unawares had caused his stumble.

2. 2.An error or blunder.

   • She owns up to early stumbles, such as bottles being mislabeled.
   • Possibly Mr. Carrados was considering it from his own way round for he did not appear to notice anything in her stumble.

3. 3.A clumsy walk.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.

   • He stumbled up the dark avenue.
   • Last night, you drunkenly stumbled to the front door, waking up the whole house.
   • He stumbled over a rock.

2. 2.To make a mistake or have trouble.

   • I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

3. 3.To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.

   • False and dazzling fires to stumble men.
   • One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis.

4. 4.To cause to stumble or trip.

   • Slowly, I turned around and the shock of it stumbled me back a few steps.

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